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Happy Thanksgiving to You and Happy Birthday to Me

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Happy Thanksgiving to You and Happy Birthday to Me

My birthday is today, November 27.  Every few years, my birthday falls on Thanksgiving. Some people hate that their birthday falls on a holiday (like Halloween or Christmas), but not me. Every year for Thanksgiving, my family, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents drive to Carmel, CA for the week. It is a family tradition that has been going on since before I was born. It is a trip that we all look forward to every year.  Even though most of us live close together and see each other throughout the year, it is always great to have everyone come together for Thanksgiving.

I am thankful for having such a wonderful family and extended family, for good health, for having the best blog readers ever, for travel reward credit cards, and for all the places I have been and have yet to see.  Thank you!

Since there is really no miles and points news to talk about today, I wanted to create a post that was more interactive and engaging.  I have one question that I want each of you to answer: what is the one thing you know now that you wish you knew when you were 25 years old?  It can be about anything, from life, family, school, travel, jobs, finance, etc.  Thank you for sharing your wisdom with me and everyone else who reads this post.

That’s it, go cook your turkey, turn on the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade, catch a few football games, and enjoy spending time with your friends and family members.  Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Lots of Chime Card Offers: Papa John’s (Today Only), 4 Black Friday Deals, 25 Days of Chime, and Updated Chime Card App

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Lots of Chime Card Offers: Papa John’s (Today Only), 4 Black Friday Deals, 25 Days of Chime, and Updated Chime Card App

Good afternoon everyone, I have a lot of Chime Card offers to share.  If you don’t have a Chime Card yet, you are missing out on free money.  You can learn more about Chime Card here.  If you don’t have any dinner plans tonight, you might want to take advantage of this Chime Card offer for Papa John’s.  Spend $20 or more and get $3 cash back.  Like always, you can buy a gift card in-store for $20 and lock in your $3 savings for a future order.

Chime Card Papa Johns 11-26-2014

Here are 4 Black Friday (November 28) Chime Card offers.  Spend $50 or more and get $5 cash back at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and Macy’s.  You can participate in all 4 offers.

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Schedule Change: Orange County Meetup on Saturday November 15 at 12pm at In-N-Out (2 New AMEX Offers and Slow News Week)

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Schedule Change: Orange County Meetup on Saturday November 15 at 12pm at In-N-Out

Good morning everyone.  Many of you said that meeting at 12pm (noon) tomorrow for the OC Meetup would work better for you, so let’s do it.  Same place, new time.  IF the new time does not work for you, I will have another meetup on Saturday December, 13, time TBD.

  • When: 12PM – 2PM on Saturday, November 15
  • Where: In-N-Out at the Tustin District: 2895 Park Ave, The District, Tustin, CA 92782 (map)
  • Why: Talk miles and points with me and other locals (possibly share some secrets too)

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Facebook Messenger Entering the MS Game with Debit Card Payments and takes on Venmo and Square Cash

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Facebook Messenger Entering the MS Game with Debit Card Payments and takes on Venmo and Square Cash

(Hat tip to The Flight Deal Twitter team for the link)

Tech Crunch, a technology website, recently posted an article called Hacked Screenshots Show Friend-To-Friend Payments Feature Hidden In Facebook Messenger (link).  The article has a few screenshots showing the peer-to-peer payment platform built into the Facebook Messenger app.  These features are *not yet active* and Facebook has not officially released any information about the new service.

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Picture from http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/05/pay-with-facebook-messenger/

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October 7 is the Last Day to Load Chime Card Fee Free with PayPal Business Debit Card

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October 7 is the Last Day to Load Chime Card Fee Free with PayPal Business Debit Card

The day has finally come… Chime Card (learn more here) will start charging a 3% fee on October 8 for using certain debit cards, specifically the PayPal Business Debit Card.  In this post, I will do some math to see if it is still worth loading the Chime Card with a PayPal Business Debit Card.

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